This page lists selected reuse events that occurred in 2002.
Arthur F. Turner Friends of the Library Book Sale —West
Sacramento
Phone:
(916) 375-6465
February
1-March 31
A nnual
Pennies and Peanut Butter Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Local elementary and middle school students participate in
this food drive by collecting pennies, peanut butter, and other nonperishable food to donate to the Second Harvest Food
Bank of Orange County.
February
3
" Scouting
for Food Plus" Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Boy Scouts throughout the county will drop off donation bags to Orange
County homes to collect
food and clothing items from residents in the community. The Scouts will
return on Saturday, February 10, 2002 to pick up bags filled with food and
clothes to be distributed to the needy by the Second Harvest Food Bank and
Goodwill Industries of Orange County. The community may participate by marking their calendars and looking for the
donation bag.
February
10
" Scouting
for Food Plus" Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Boy Scouts throughout the county will collect food and
clothing items from residents in the community. After dropping off
donation bags to Orange County homes on February 3, 2002, the Scouts return today
to pick up bags filled with food and clothes to be
distributed to the needy by the Second Harvest Food Bank and Goodwill
Industries of Orange County.
March 1-28
Cesar Chavez Children's Book Drive —California
Donations of children's (one to 18 years of
age) books are being accepted throughout California. All books will be
given by the California Highway Patrol to the children of farm workers.
E-mail:
felmartinez@chp.ca.gov
March 1-31
A nnual
Pennies and Peanut Butter Food Drive (www.feedoc.org/)—Orange
County
Local elementary and middle school students
participate in this food drive by collecting pennies, peanut butter, and
other non-perishable food to donate to the Second Harvest Food Bank of
Orange County.
March 2-3
Annual Super White Elephant Sale —Oakland
Mountains of donated items ranging from household goods and luggage to
sporting equipment and antiques will be available for purchase at the Bay
Area's largest rummage sale. Since the first sale 42 years ago, the event
has raised $8.35 million for the Oakland Museum of California.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
333 Lancaster Street
Oakland, California
Phone:
(510) 536-6800
March 23-24
Second Annual Used Book Super Sale —San Rafael
Choose from 30,000 used books with most hardbacks $2.00, library
discards $1.00, and paperbacks $0.50. Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00
p.m.
Marin Center Exhibit Hall
Avenue of the Flags
San Rafael, California
Phone:
(415) 892-0238
March 28
Cesar Chavez Children's Book Drive —California
Final day for donations of children's (one to 18 years of
age) books to be accepted throughout California. All books will be
given by the California Highway Patrol to the children of farm workers.
E-mail:
felmartinez@chp.ca.gov
SPCA Used Book Sale —Sacramento
Country Club Plaza
Phone:
(916) 383-7387
April
6
City
of Rocklin Super Sell-a-Thon Community Yard Sale
(www.rocklin.ca.gov/)
A 12'x12' space may be rented for $25.00 (resident) or $30.00
(non-resident). Proceeds from space rentals benefit the City of Rocklin
Youth Sports Scholarship program.
8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Johnson-Springview Park
Rocklin, California
April
12
Art Submission Deadline for the eARTHY aRT
gALLERY at the Earth Day Celebration 2002 —Eugene, Oregon
Pieces may be made from scrap materials
or relay an earth-friendly message. Display and/or sell your work at the
Eugene Downtown Mall on Saturday, April 20, 2002. All ages and talents are
welcome. Students are encouraged to participate and prizes will be awarded.
For submission guidelines and information contact:
Lizzy Hughes, Executive Director
Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts (MECCA)
Post Office Box 1802
Eugene, Oregon 97440
Phone:
(541) 302-1810
E-mail:
mecca@efn.org
April
20
eARTHY aRT gALLERY at the Earth Day
Celebration 2002 —Eugene, Oregon
View
and/or purchase art work made from scrap materials
or relaying an earth-friendly message.
Eugene
Downtown Mall
Eugene, Oregon
Phone:
(541) 302-1810
E-mail:
mecca@efn.org
April
20
Scrap Art Contest —Vallejo
Activities ranging from a scrap art
contest to crafts made with recycled materials will occur.
9:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Downtown Farmers' Market
200 block of Georgia Street
Vallejo, California 94590
E-mail:
valcore-recycling@juno.com
April 22
Earth Day
(www.earthday.net/)—Nationwide
Galt Historical Society Community Garage Sale
Galt Market Grounds
Phone:
(209) 745-0951
Friends of the Library Used Book Sale Event —Sacramento
McKinley Park
Phone: (916) 364-2880 or (916) 277-6060
May
4-5
Cordelia Village, 14th Annual Community Wide Yard Sale
Over 300 families will be participating.
Phone:
(707) 864-1372
May
5
Lodi Street Fair
Phone:
(209) 367-7840
May
11
Ten th
Annual
"Stamp Out Hunger"-National Association of Letter Carriers Food
Drive
(www.nalc.org/)—Nationwide
This largest food drive in the nation helps food banks stay well stocked
during the summer months, when donations of food are usually at their
lowest. Mail carriers around the county participate by picking up
non-perishable food that residents leave by their mailboxes.
May
11
Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Book
Sale-Gala Preview Day
9:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Phone:
(916) 264-2880
May
12-17
Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Book
Sale
10:00
a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Phone:
(916) 264-2880
May
18
Annual Los Gatos and Monte Sereno Community
Garage Sale
(www.town.los-gatos.ca.us/)
Registrants' addresses, maps, and categories of sales
items will be advertised prior to the event.
Community Services Department
Phone:
(408) 399-5796
Fax: (408) 395-8640
E-mail:
ltacke@town.los-gatos.ca.us
May
18
Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Book
Sale-Bargain Book Day
9:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Phone:
(916) 264-2880
Arthur F. Turner Friends of the Library Book Sale —West
Sacramento
Phone:
(916) 375-6465
June
1
City of Farmerville's First Annual Community-Wide Yard Sale
Items not sold may be donated to a nonprofit organization at the end of the day.
7:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
909 West Visalia Road
Farmersville, California
Phone:
(559) 747-0458
E-mail:
farmersvillecm@yahoo.com
June
1-8
" Kids
Helping Kids" Food and Clothing Drive (www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Girl and Boy Scouts will visit neighborhoods asking for
non-perishable food and usable clothing for donation to the Second Harvest
Food Bank and Goodwill Industries of Orange County.
June
1-30
Third
Annual "Businesses Attack Hunger" City-Wide Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Partnering with local companies and the Orange County Association of
Realtors, the cities of Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley will
encourage residents, local businesses, schools, churches, and clubs to
collect non-perishable food items for the cities' month-long food drive to
benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.
June 5
First
Annual National Hunger
Awareness Day
(www.hungerday.org/)
Sponsored by America's Second Harvest, National Hunger Awareness Day was
created to focus the nation's attention on the severe but solvable problem
of domestic hunger and its impact on this nation's children.
June
8
" Kids
Helping Kids" Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Girl and Boy Scouts will be accepting donated food at all Albertson's grocery stores in the
county. Donations will benefit the Second Harvest
Food Bank and Goodwill Industries of Orange County. 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
July
1-August 30
I ndependence
From Hunger Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Orange County companies will collect
non-perishable goods and cash donations for the Second Harvest Food Bank
of Orange County's Bulk Purchase Program,
which provides staple food items that are in high demand.
July
14-17
26th
Annual CRRA (California Resource Recovery Association) Conference
(www.crra.com)—Oakland
Oakland Convention Center
August
1-30
I ndependence
From Hunger Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Orange County companies will collect
non-perishable goods and cash donations for the Second Harvest Food Bank
of Orange County's Bulk Purchase Program,
which provides staple food items that are in high demand.
Belle Cooledge Library, Sixth Annual Super Monster Book Sale —Sacramento
Phone:
(916) 264-2700
September 16-27
National
Pollution Prevention Week (www.p2.org/P2Week/index.cfm)
September 28-29
Cupertino's A nnual
City-Wide Garage Sale (www.cupertino.org)
Over 450 sales will be occurring during this two-day event. Sale
participants manage their own sales and keep the profits; there is no
registration fee.
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Arthur F. Turner Friends of the Library Book Sale —West
Sacramento
Phone:
(916) 375-6465
Annual
National
Food Bank Week (www.food4hungry.org/)—Monterey County
Food Bank For Monterey County
815 West Market Street, Suite 5
Salinas, California 93901
Phone:
(800) 367-3633
Fax: (831) 758-5925
E-mail:
tthomas@food4hungry.org
October 1-31
" Scare
Away Hunger" Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Schools and various community organizations throughout the county will
collect non-perishable food items to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank
of Orange County. One creative way for young people to "scare away
hunger" is to ask their neighbors for cans of food when they go
trick-or-treating on Halloween.
October 1-31
City of Orange's Seco nd
Annual Citywide Food Drive (www.feedoc.org/)
The City of Orange will encourage residents, local businesses, schools,
churches, and clubs to collect non-perishable food items for the city's
month-long food drive to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange
County.
October 1-November 30
"Operation
Gobble" Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County's "Operation Gobble"
program will accept whole turkeys or vouchers
turkeys to provide to needy families for a traditional Thanksgiving
dinner.
October 3-5
Salvaged Building Materials Auction —El Dorado County
Salvageable items from the Sam's Town deconstruction range from
gingerbread and corbels, to fir posts and beams, and redwood that was once
part of the old Yolo bypass. Proceeds will raise funds for Habitat for
Humanity.
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sam's Town site
Cameron Park, California
Phone:
(530) 621-3972
October 5-6
Sacramento Garden and Arts Center Annual
White Elephant Sale
McKinley Park
3300 McKinley Boulevard
Phone:
(916) 264-8800
October 6
Lodi Street Fair
Phone:
(209) 367-7840
October 19-27
Sixth Annual Second Chance Week —California
E-mail:
leif@lgc.org
October 22-23
Food Residuals Diversion Summit —California
This workshop, hosted by the California Integrated Waste Management
Board, will emphasize barriers, economics, and incentives related to food
scrap diversion. Participation by stakeholders and representatives from
successful food diversion programs will help provide strategies for better
management of food residuals.
Hilton Sacramento, Arden West
2200 Harvard Drive
Sacramento, California
For more information, contact:
Terry Brennan
Phone:
(916) 341-6578
E-mail:
tbrennan@ciwmb.ca.gov
October 26
Make
a Difference Day
(usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html)—Nationwide
E-mail:
diffday@usaweekend.com
A nnual
Holiday Harvest Food Drive (www.food4hungry.org/)—Monterey
County
Food Bank For Monterey County
815 West Market Street, Suite 5
Salinas, California 93901
Phone:
(800) 367-3633
Fax: (831) 758-5925
E-mail:
tthomas@food4hungry.org
November 1-30
" Operation
Gobble" Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County's "Operation Gobble"
program will accept whole turkeys or vouchers
turkeys to provide needy families with a traditional Thanksgiving
dinner.
November 1-December 31
C are
and Share Holiday Food Drive ((www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Companies, churches, schools, and residents will encourage
employees, parishioners, students, etc. to donate
food or make a monetary donation. The Second Harvest Food Bank of
Orange County will deliver and pick up food donation barrels to churches,
offices, and schools. Participants also receive posters to promote the drive.
November 15
America
Recycles Day —Nationwide
November 19, 2002-February 28, 2003
Reuse
Assistance Grants
(www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Reuse/Grants/)—California
Until 2:00 p.m. on February 28, 2003, the application period is open for the Reuse
Assistance Grants offered by the California Integrated Waste Management
Board. $500,000 is available; local public agencies may apply for a Reuse
Assistance Grant and may partner with any entity or entities of their
choice.
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Reuse Assistance Grants Program, Mail Stop 14
Post Office Box 4025
Sacramento, California 95812-4025
E-mail:
RAGs@ciwmb.ca.gov
A nnual
Fill the Bus Food Drive
(www.food4hungry.org/)—Monterey County
Food Bank For Monterey County
815 West Market Street, Suite 5
Salinas, California 93901
Phone:
(800) 367-3633
Fax: (831) 758-5925
E-mail:
tthomas@food4hungry.org
December 1-31
C are
and Share Holiday Food Drive
(www.feedoc.org/)—Orange County
Companies, churches, schools, and residents will
encourage employees, parishioners, students, etc. to donate food or make a monetary donation. The Second Harvest
Food Bank of Orange County will deliver and pick up food donation barrels
to churches, offices, and schools. Participants also receive posters to
promote the drive.
December 1, 2002-February 28, 2003
Reuse
Assistance Grants
(www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Reuse/Grants/)—California
Until 2:00 p.m. on February 28, 2003, the application period is open for the Reuse
Assistance Grants offered by the California Integrated Waste Management
Board. $500,000 is available; local public agencies may apply for a Reuse
Assistance Grant and may partner with any entity or entities of their
choice.
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Reuse Assistance Grants Program, Mail Stop 14
Post Office Box 4025
Sacramento, California 95812-4025
E-mail:
RAGs@ciwmb.ca.gov
December 16
A BC7/Safeway
Share Your Holiday Food Drive (www.accfb.org/index.html)—San
Ramon
This annual one-day food drive benefits food banks throughout the Bay
Area. Join the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Food Bank of Contra
Costa and Solano at this San Ramon Safeway for a day of entertainment,
children's activities and giveaways. Donate nonperishable food or make a
cash contribution.
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Safeway
2505 San Ramon Valley Road
San Ramon, California
Phone:
(510) 834-3663 x328
E-mail:
jgleason@secondharvest.org
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